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Goodbye, belly roll: Day 3

Darn it! I just did the math on my favorite salad and found out it has 819 calories. Yeah, I knew it was a full meal, with all of that meat and all of those veggies, and I know that salads can be major fat traps. But, 819 calories?! I wasn't even using ranch dressing!

I know the Body by Glamour plan isn't about counting calories, but I want to make sure that what I'm eating is at least reasonable. Uh, glad I did...here's what was in my salad:

3 cups of lettuce = 30 calories

1 cup of chicken = 230 calories

1/8 cup of blue cheese = 57 calories

half an avocado = 144 calories

about two slices of bacon, chopped up = 108 calories

3 ounces of balsamic vinaigrette = 256 calories

So, I tossed the bacon and blue cheese and used two-thirds of the dressing and saved 322 calories in the process. And it was still delish! I swear it really was just as good.

(OK, *almost* just as good. You know what saved it? The red onions. I love to eat, and there's no way I can live on flavorless food.)